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• Trying to find a place to live in Asheville

  NEWS

  David Forbes | 7 days ago

  In discussions about housing in Asheville government officials, developers, neighborhood activists, and even non-profit representatives are featured in the media. But there's another group that's not heard from: people who work in the city and are trying to find a place to live. Xpress wants to hear your stories about that search and its challenges.

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• Why would our Legislature stifle job growth?

  LETTERS

  Grace Curry | 20 days ago

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• Shared creation: Building a better future from Asheville's margins

  

  NEWS IN PRINT

  David Forbes | 04/17/2013

  In Asheville’s thirst for sustainability, it's easy to forget that a third of the city's workers are low-wage, and in some neighborhoods, survival is the top priority.

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• Rooftop resources

  

  FEATURES

  Anna Raddatz | 04/16/2013

  It’s not every day that a local small business gets its product tested by a hurricane. But Living Roofs Inc., a local company founded 2006 by Kathryn Blatt Ancaya and Emilio Ancaya, got just that

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• NC Justice Center highlights Asheville in unemployment analysis

  BLOGWIRE

  David Forbes | 03/29/2013

  The NC Justice Center has highlighted Asheville's unemployment situation in its analysis of the latest numbers, noting that the area has seen more job growth than any other metro over the past year, and "just three metros -- Charlotte, Raleigh and Asheville -- account more more than half of the state's overall job growth."

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• Long live Asheville: A city dying to be reborn

  OPINION

  Martin Ramsey | 03/05/2013

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• Post-recession Buncombe still struggling, local poverty rates surpass state and national average

  

  NEWS

  Caitlin Byrd | 02/27/2013

  After sharing 42 slides worth of charts, data and graphs, an independent economic consultant speaking to local doctors, health advocates, politicians and board members at the Feb. 22 meeting of the Buncombe County Department of Health and Human Services made a conclusion: Though the recession started five years ago, the numbers show that Buncombe County still has "a ways to go." Highlights of the presentation, along with the full presentation, can be found in this post. (Slide image courtesy of SYNEVA Economics)

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• After President Obama's gone: what the national media missed about Asheville

  

  STAFF BLOGS

  David Forbes | 02/16/2013

  After President Barack Obama's visit earlier this week, an inevitable outpouring of attention from the national media followed. Here's the facts — harsher and more fascinating — that they missed. Photo by Max Cooper.

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• Jobs increased in Asheville area in November, but so did unemployment

  NEWS

  David Forbes | 01/05/2013

  While the Asheville metropolitan area added jobs in November, unemployment rose as well, according to figures released by the state's Labor and Economic Analysis Division.

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• Annual Homecoming Job fair set for Jan. 3

  

  NEWS

  Jake Frankel | 12/16/2012

  Those on the hunt for a new job should put the 7th Annual Homecoming Job Fair on their schedule.

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